Sauk City (Culver's birthplace) ★ 4.3
Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, the Wisconsin River twin villages where Culver's was founded in 1984, run the first store, Wollersheim Winery and bluff drives.
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Mineral Point (Cornish pasties) ★ 4.3
Mineral Point, the Cornish-settled mining village southwest of Madison, runs Pendarvis Historic Site, Cornish pasty restaurants and an 1800s downtown.
Middleton (Capital Brewery) ★ 4.4
Middleton, the Madison-adjacent suburb to the west, runs the Capital Brewery Bier Garten since 1986, Clasen's European Bakery and a Hubbard Avenue strip.
Monroe (Wisconsin Cheese Days) ★ 4.4
Monroe, the Swiss cheese capital of the US south of Madison, runs Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern, Alp and Dell cheesemaker and a biennial cheese fest.
Cedarburg (Cedar Creek Winery) ★ 4.2
Cedarburg, the restored 19th-century downtown village north of Milwaukee, runs Cedar Creek Winery, the Cedarburg Brewing Company and a long restaurant strip.
New Glarus (Little Switzerland) ★ 4.6
New Glarus, the Swiss-settled village south of Madison founded in 1845, runs Swiss bakeries, the New Glarus Brewing Hilltop taproom and chalet shops.